8 d. ago Israel accuses Emmanuel Macron of a 'crusade against the Jewish state' and says it will send 'a clear message to the French president and his associates'

Macron's remark came just a day after Benjamin Netanyahu 's government announced the creation of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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9 d. ago Starving Palestinians, gunfire and deadly stampede: Horror in Gaza as Israel’s aid plan descends into chaos

Israel Defense Forces admits to firing warning shots at food distribution sites in war-ravaged Gaza as the Israeli government approves 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Nedal Hamdouna from Gaza and Bel Trew report on the growing crisis

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9 d. ago Gunfire, deadly stampede and starving Palestinians: Israel’s aid plan descends into chaos

Israeli military said it fired warning shots amid deadly stampedes at food distribution sites in war-ravaged Gaza. Meanwhile, the Israeli government has approved 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Bel Trew and Nedal Hamdouna report on the growing crisis

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1 week ago Britain 'condemns' Israel's decision to set up 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank

Biggest expansion in decades will include outposts already built without the permission of the Israeli government

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1 week ago Israel announces 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank despite being illegal under international law

Biggest expansion in decades will include outposts already built without the permission of the Israeli government

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1 week ago Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank

Defence minister says move ‘prevents establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel’Middle East crisis live – latest news updatesIsrael has said it will establish 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalisation of outposts already built without government authorisation, after a security cabinet vote held in secret last week.Israel occupied the West Bank, capturing it from Jordan, in the six-day war of 1967. Since then, successive governments have tried to permanently cement Israeli control over the land, in part by declaring swathes as “state lands”, which prevents private Palestinian ownership. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Live updates: Israel OKs more settlements in the West Bank as Gaza strikes kill at least 13

Israel says it will establish 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization

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1 week ago Israel authorizes more Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank

Israel says it will authorize 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank

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2 w. ago AP PHOTOS: Palestinians report Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank

Palestinians in the village of Bruqin in the northern West Bank said that Israeli settlers attacked them, burning cars and damaging houses.

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2 w. ago Israeli troops fire ‘warning shots’ at 25 diplomats visiting occupied West Bank

Shots force delegation representing 31 countries, including Italy, Canada, Egypt and UK, to run for coverMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli troops have fired “warning shots” at a group of 25 diplomats who were visiting Jenin, in the Israel-occupied West Bank, on an official mission organised by the Palestinian Authority to observe the humanitarian situation there.The Israeli military said the visit had been approved, but the delegation “deviated from the approved route” and Israeli soldiers fired warning shots to distance them from the area. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Israel is annihilating Palestinian children. Amer Rabea was one of them | Ahmad Ibsais

This US citizen was shot by Israeli forces in April. There was no warning, no investigation but worst of all – no outcry from the westAmer Mohammed Rabea was 14 years old. He was a US citizen. On 7 April 2025, he was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Turmus Ayya. There was no warning. No investigation. Just a bullet, a body and a silence so deep it threatens to swallow justice whole.The killing of a child should rupture the world. Instead, Amer’s death joined a growing ledger of erased Palestinian lives, tallied but never mourned by those in power. There was no state department briefing. No congressional statement. No public grieving for a child born under two flags, killed under a third. Even in death, Amer was made stateless. Continue reading...

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